Why am I a fan? It’s hard to find the words to even start. It’s just a crazy, wonderful feeling that I can’t even describe. I am so overwhelmed by her that I don’t even know how to say things.
For a start, she has incredible talent. I can honestly say she is the BEST mezzo soprano of this day and age by far. She has a huge range, from deep, husky lows to belting highs. There is the voice of a professional; pure and sustained but then there’s the unique throaty, rough sound that gives Pink her signature sound.
She is diverse. Her music genres range from rock and pop to country, rap, acoustic and even a bit of reggae! But by diverse I also mean she can adapt so well to a certain mood of music. Some songs uplift, while others make you cry. Some songs make me laugh out loud no matter how many times I hear them and some songs just make me think.
I have always related to Pink. I was only small when she first became famous. I was too young to understand any of the things she would sing about at the time, but what I definitely did know was that this was someone who knew exactly what she wanted, and knew she had to get it. I remember buying that first album, it must have been one of the first albums I ever bought. I was a bit older with Missundaztood, and a bit smarter too. Family Portrait couldn’t have come out at a better time. My parents had just divorced and it was when I heard this song that I began to realize how much I actually cared about the whole thing. This was such an important thing because I was unsure about my feelings, maybe denying how I felt. The song meant that I stopped bottling up any emotions I had. It took a while for me to hear that song without crying. Another time I could relate was Conversations. I was shocked and so emotional at how precisely my feelings were pinpointed. I was thirteen. I can still relate to this song now because I’m laugh at how messed up I was in the head back then and I feel like reassuring that younger self of mine.
But after the meaning, and the therapy and the talent and diversity that is the voice of Pink, I have to give the main reason I love Pink’s music. The WAY Pink sings has given me a way of thinking that I base my life on. And that is not to restrain yourself. If you wanna cry, bawl. I you wanna laugh, cackle hysterically. If you feel like chocolate, don’t have one piece of low-fat low-calorie version, have a full, fat, full bar of chocolate. Pink sings with every emotion she has and you can hear everything she feels. Pink sings with a kind of raw, sincere passion that she isn’t afraid to share. Whether it’s happiness, sadness, anger, despair, boredom, or rowdiness…I love her for believing and feeling every word she sings.
I love Pink for her music, but I also love her who she is. I love to see someone so truly comfortable in their own skin, so passionate about their beliefs, so willing to look in fear in the face and say ‘I just don’t care!’ Her feisty, confident attitude and her strong belief in standing out has helped me feel so happy with myself and accepted myself for being different…and not giving a s*** what people think either! In a few words (though you’ve probably heard enough words if you’ve actually read up to this point) .She makes me feel so happy with my life. Thank you Pink, and it’s my only dream in life to meet you and tell you all of this in person.